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Commercial backhoes had guards. Help keeping dirt and rocks of cylinder rod and maybe a light bucket strike. You still can cause damage if not careful. Cylinders needs attachment points. Added steps to the guards to help me climb up and down. Would not be too hard to fabricate from piece...

Found leveling box and pin stabilizer bars at Weavers tractor supply for the B26. Need to know your adjustment range and did take some mods to make work. Well worth the expense and effort.

1” shank, replaceable excavator tooth. Guess at least twice as fast as 12” bucket and less half the hole. Impressive so far.

Tried out the new ripper from USA Attachments on the M59. Ripped out stump and major roots in 10 min. Raked and compacted spoils several times with wheels. Hauled off stump to gully. 30 minutes total time. Ripper saves time and less soil disturbance. Easier to feel roots out to break off...

Yep, paddle switch for backup alarm for turning the seat around for backhoe operation was swinging free. It also required the parking brake to be enabled to start. Choose to zip tie to normal front facing position fixing the problem. Like the improved seating position and still may experiment...

Added some 1/2” rubber spacers under the seat mounts. Two thick up front and one in the back. Improved sitting positioning. Maybe improve cushioning? Did make the reverse alarm both in forward and reverse. Got to figure that problem out.

Good job explaining and problem solving custom fabrication issues. Tractors need lots of armor to fight trees and brush. Small sticks can cause large damage.

Many of owners of this this of equipment are able to make their own modifications. Any Kubota dealer can order you a 12” QA bucket or ears. Online you can find the prices. Better to talk to a salesperson than parts because sourced thru Wholegoods.

Have yet to find a ripper to fit B26 QA. Some manufacturers will sell you the ripper made to add your own ears. Just ordered a ripper to fit the M59, KK-mini-excavator QA mount from USA attachments. Bought buckets and QA from them before. Studying to maybe use the B26 ears to make an adapter...

You would have some customers for ears, rippers and narrow trenching buckets. The B26 is so useful on our farm for installing and maintaining buried utility lines. Can go around buildings where bigger backhoes can’t.

Good ears are usually made by bucket manufacturers. High strength steel, stops and flares. I could make them for hot rolled but at half the Strength.

Buckets come up but they are pretty rare and only fit the B26. The quick attach system is a miniature version of the mini Kubota excavator system. Very strong and easy to change. Have yet to find aftermarket supplier of ears or buckets. I could use a ripper. If you find something, please share.

Not for a B26.

12”,16”and 24” is all OEM offers. Ear blanks for quick attach are available from Kubota $240. They can be welded to any attachment. Couldn’t get BXPanded make a ripper for me either.

Get a owners, WSM and parts manual. Got mine off eBay. The B26 and other TLB series tractors are different from their ag brothers. We run our B26 90% in 3pt mode. When trouble shooting check the easy stuff first. I suspect you would save money by having the dealer check and diagnose...

Pick up brush or tree to cut with each machine. If you’re still alive the bid differences will be clear. Can safely carry chainsaw, chain and long tools on tractor. Tractor much kinder on landscaping.

Use a Danuser Intimdator with M59 and B26. Skid steer not very useful on our 140 acre hillside farm Grip and how much you can push more important than breakout.

M62, those are some awesome tires? Use myM59 on the farm so like the aggressive tread. For the front switched to these switch gave better traction particularly in loader operations. Carlisle Ultra Guard Industrial Tire -10-16.5 https://a.co/d/gq7c8hx

Good way to safely carry needed tooling. Most used attachments on the tractor.

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